ups and downs

 18th August, Cragside, 4pm

A late afternoon wander around Cragside on an interesting rocky path I've not walked before.

Henry loved it but Hattie was a bit fed up of the ups and downs...

uninspiringly beautiful

 12th August, Howick, 5pm

It's been a long dry summer of beautiful weather.  I don't want to seem ungrateful but it's been fairly uninspiring photographically so I'm posting these after a long gap.

14th August 25, Bamburgh Castle, 5pm

A couple of shots from an unusual location in the castle (available only to wedding photographers!)

16th August 25, Longhorsely, 9am

Taking advantage of harvest

birthday walk

 24th July 25, Beadnell Bay, 10am

A hazy but warm day for a family birthday walk.

wild flowers with a view

 10th July 25, Longhorsley, 7am

An early run on the bike to my favourite leafy glade then a complete surprise up the other side past beautiful wild flower fields.

perfectly up and down

 7th July 25, Warkworth, 9am

A perfect bright and breezy morning by the sea.

So nice to walk for a few miles with the dogs up and down here.

daisies and quiet roads

 6th July 25, Longhorsley

From morning walkies through the daisies at the edge of the filed to a quick cycle round the quiet roads.

drama

 5th July 25, Newton Point, 9am

A beautiful sea made calm by a brisk westerly wind that also brought dramatic clouds (but no rain)

quiet time

 3rd July 25, Warkworth, 5pm

A lovely quiet time to come to the beach and a very beautiful afternoon.

I saw two other people in an hour of running and sitting.

one or two others

 22nd June 25, Embleton Bay, 8:30am

Pretty much the longest day and a lovely wander on my favourite patch.

There were one or 2 other folk around but that can be OK sometimes!

Patterns in the water and grasses suggested black and white textures.

goldilocks time

 19th June 25, Warkworth, 7am

The start of a few days of very warm weather.

It was just right for me at 7am.

and back we go

 14th June 25, Hauxley, 9am

After yesterday's brief summer, it was dreich and drizzly on the beach this morning.  It felt more like February than June but unlike February, there are colourful flowers to brighten the place up.

This week I shared an old slideshow of black and white photos for my Thursday night audience in Lucker.  

It’s where I started my photography in the school darkroom - developing and printing my own black & white photos - and I still use it for wedding photographs. 

Just occasionally I see the natural world with monochrome eyes. Today’s grey drizzly morning was one of those times when the lighter sand made patterns through the coal dust.

at last

 13th June 25, Bamburgh Castle, 4pm

At last a day that feels like summer.

old favourite

 9th June 25, Budle Bay, 8am

A beautiful walk around Budle Bay.  One of my favourite places to wander.

rains come

29th May 25, Morpeth, 7:30am

After 5 weeks of dry weather, the recent rain has greened up the woods nicely.

 29th May 25, Rothbury, 10am

Springtime things - fern fronds unfurl and rain and wind brings some of the brand new leaves down to earth.

May-bright

 28th May 25, Longhorsley, 7pm

An evening wander around the May-bright wild flowers of the community woodland and the old parish church.

looking east

 27th May 25, Bamburgh, 4pm

It seemed to rain north south east and west of Bamburgh Castle today but it stayed dry for me and the wedding I was photographing.

26th May 25, Alnmouth, 10am

Henry photobombed my arty composition.  I didn't mind really!